The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.
Supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to support small museums of all disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through exhibitions, educational/interpretive programs, digital learning resources, policy development and institutional planning, technology enhancements, professional development, community outreach, audience development, and/or collections management, curation, care, and conservation. Inspire! has three program objectives:
Lifelong Learning
Institutional Capacity
Collections Stewardship and Access
If you have questions about the application email imls-museumgrants@imls.gov. Informational videos are available online.
Eligible applicants are:
Units of state, local, or tribal government; or,
Private nonprofit organizations that have tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.
Eligible applicants may be located in the United States and US territories.
Applicants must qualify as one of the following:
A museum that, using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, including living collections; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns and operates ; or,
A public or private nonprofit agency that is responsible for the operation of a museum that meets the eligibility criteria stated above applying on behalf of the museum.
Between $5,000 and $25,000: matching funds are not required.
Between $25,001 and $75,000: applicants must provide at least a one-to-one match via nonfederal sources.